--- title: The Saracens blindfolded him and led him away, King Clarion meanwhil… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: The Saracens blindfolded him and led him away, King Clarion meanwhile scoffing at him and saying, "Cry and bray as you will, my fair friend," for Guy called upon God to help him, "nothing will avail you. Who acts: Saracens, King, nothing. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Saracens, King, nothing), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75339:22:108 # text = The Saracens blindfolded him and led him away, King Clarion meanwhile scoffing at him and saying, "Cry and bray as you will, my fair friend," for Guy called upon God to help him, "nothing will avail you. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Saracens saracen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 blindfolded blindfold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 Clarion Clarion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 scoffing scoff VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 bray bray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 34 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 avail avail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blindfold** | past | the Saracens | | knight | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination | | 2 | **lead away** | past | the Saracens *not said here* | knight | | | | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **scoff** | gerund | King | | | | | at knight; meanwhile *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | for Guy; my fair friend *advcl* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for guy=Recipient | | 6 | **bray** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **call** | participle | | Guy *not said here* | | | | upon God | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **help** | to-infinitive | | | knight | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 9 | **avail** *in a quote* | future | nothing | you | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Project Gutenberg book 75339 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/109/) - ↑ back to [Of the Doings of the French Knights](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/)